Decision D FortisAlberta Inc. Application for Orders Confirming Boundaries of FortisAlberta Inc. Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas

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1 Decision D Application for Orders Confirming Boundaries of Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas July 16, 2018

2 Alberta Utilities Commission Decision D Application for Orders Confirming Boundaries of Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas Proceeding Application A001 July 16, 2018 Published by the: Alberta Utilities Commission Eau Claire Tower, 1400, 600 Third Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 0G5 Telephone: Fax: Website:

3 Contents 1 Decision summary Introduction and background Application by FortisAlberta Procedural background Commission process Motions and other procedural matters Legislative background Municipalities authority to govern Municipalities authority relating to non-municipal utility service Commission s authority relating to municipal grants of rights to distribute electricity Service area boundaries Summary of the parties positions Views of FortisAlberta Views of EQUS Views of AFREA Discussion of issues and Commission findings The WOAs and contract law principles are not determinative of the application Public Interest Considerations favour alteration of the service area boundaries, but not necessarily the immediate transfer of existing REA facilities and customers The requested relief is subject to transitional provisions AUC Rule 021 considerations Form of order Decision Appendix A List of affected municipalities Appendix B Service area approvals for the affected REAs Appendix C Proceeding participants Appendix D Oral hearing registered appearances Appendix E Abbreviations Decision D (July 16, 2018) i

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5 Alberta Utilities Commission Calgary, Alberta Decision D Application for Orders Confirming Boundaries of Proceeding Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas Application A001 1 Decision summary 1. In this decision, the Alberta Utilities Commission considers whether to approve an application by (FortisAlberta) under Section 29 of the Hydro and Electric Energy Act (HEEA). 1 In the application FortisAlberta requests that the service areas of certain rural electrification associations (REAs) be altered to align with municipal franchise agreements (MFAs) between FortisAlberta and various municipalities 2 in circumstances where the corporate boundaries of the municipality have expanded through annexation and now overlap with an existing REA service area. Specifically, the Commission has been asked to grant the following remedial orders: i. Confirmation of the current limits of FortisAlberta s exclusive service areas as determined by the applicable MFAs. ii. iii. Alteration, as required, of REA service area boundaries to prevent incursion into exclusive service areas governed by the applicable MFAs. Transfers of facilities and customers coincident to the realignment of service areas, as required For the reasons provided in this decision, the Commission alters those REA service areas that currently overlap with the municipal franchise areas granted to FortisAlberta. However, the Commission will not require an immediate transfer of existing REA facilities and customers 4 in the annexed (formerly overlapping) areas in the absence of a municipal bylaw requiring those customers to connect to FortisAlberta. In the absence of any such bylaw, existing REA facilities in the formerly overlapping areas will eventually transition to FortisAlberta because of the altered service areas, all of which is discussed in greater detail below. 2 Introduction and background 2.1 Application by FortisAlberta 3. On December 16, 2016, FortisAlberta filed an application with the Commission under Section 29 of the HEEA asking for the remedial orders described above. 1 RSA 2000, c H-16 [HEEA]. 2 The MFAs between FortisAlberta and the municipalities that are the subject of this application are referred to as the applicable MFAs. 3 Exhibit X0013, Application-Orders Confirming Boundaries-Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas, December 16, 2016, PDF page 4, paragraph 1 [Exhibit X0013, Application]. 4 When referring to a person receiving electric distribution service from an REA in this decision, the Commission has generally used the term customer and member interchangeably. Decision D (July 16, 2018) 1

6 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas 4. In its application, FortisAlberta stated that it has entered into MFAs with a number of municipalities that grant it the exclusive right to provide electric distribution service within the municipalities corporate limits. 5 All of the MFAs entered into after 2012 are based on a standard MFA template approved by the Commission in Decision : Town of Hinton, New Franchise Agreement Template and Franchise Agreement with, 6 Clause 4, 7 of which reads as follows: 4) GRANT OF FRANCHISE a) Subject to subparagraph b) below, and to the terms and conditions hereof, the Municipality hereby grants to the Company the exclusive right within the Municipal Service Area: i) to provide Electric Distribution Service; Subject to Article 12 of this Agreement, in the event that a third party (including a Rural Electrification Association (REA)) owns, operates or controls any electrical distribution facilities or lighting within the Municipal Service Area at any time during the Term of this 5 A complete list of the applicable MFAs was provided in Exhibit X0012, Appendix A Listing of Electric Distribution System Franchise Agreements, December 16, 2016 [Exhibit X0012, Appendix A]. 6 Decision : Town of Hinton, New Franchise Agreement Template and Franchise Agreement with, Application No , Proceeding ID No. 1946, September 28, 2012 [Decision ]. 7 Prior to Decision : Clause 4 and Clause 12 of the standard electric distribution franchise agreement approved in Decision : Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Standard Electric Franchise Agreement with ATCO Electric Ltd. and UtiliCorp Networks Canada, Application No , File No , June 19, 2001, provided: 4) GRANT OF FRANCHISE a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Municipality hereby grants to the Company the exclusive right within the Municipality: i) to Construct, Operate, and Maintain the Distribution System; and ii) 2 Decision D (July 16, 2018) to use designated portions of roads, rights-of-way, and other lands owned, controlled or managed by the Municipality necessary to Construct, Operate and Maintain the Distribution System, including the necessary removal, trimming of trees, shrubs or bushes or any parts thereof. This grant shall not preclude the Municipality from providing wire services to municipally owned facilities where stand alone generation is provided on site or immediately adjacent sites excepting road allowances. Such services are to be provided by the Municipality directly and not by any other third party Wire Services Provider. b) The Company agrees to: i) bear the full responsibility of an owner of an electric distribution system and to ensure all services provided pursuant to this Agreement are in accordance with the Distribution Tariff, insofar as applicable; ii) Construct, Operate and Maintain the Distribution System; iii) use designated portions of roads, rights-of-way, and other lands including other lands owned, controlled or managed by the Municipality necessary to Construct, Operate and Maintain the Distribution System, including the necessary removal, trimming of trees, shrubs or bushes or any parts thereof; iv) use the Municipality s roads, rights-of-way and other Municipal Property granted hereunder solely for the purpose of providing Distribution Access Service and any other service contemplated by this Agreement. 12) INCREASE IN MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES For all other increases to the Municipality area through annexation or otherwise, the rights and obligations contained in this Agreement will apply in respect of the whole Municipality, including the increased area.

7 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas Agreement, the Municipality agrees that it will support the Company s efforts, as is reasonable, to purchase such electrical distribution facilities or, to the extent that it has the authority to do so, the Municipality shall otherwise require such third party to sell such facilities to the Company 8 5. FortisAlberta stated that, because of municipal annexations authorized by orders-in-council, the corporate boundaries of municipalities have expanded, resulting in circumstances where the franchise areas granted to FortisAlberta by the municipalities overlap with previously approved REA service areas. 6. FortisAlberta provided a list of municipalities with which it had entered into an MFA where the franchise area granted in the MFA now overlaps with an REA service area (the affected municipalities). 9 A complete list of the affected municipalities is included in Appendix A to this decision for ease of reference. 7. FortisAlberta stated that the corporate boundaries of the affected municipalities overlap with the service areas of the following REAs: Armena REA Ltd. Battle River Cooperative REA Ltd. (Battle River or Battle River Power Coop) Drayton Valley REA Ltd. EQUS REA Ltd. (EQUS) Mayerthorpe and District REA Ltd. North Parkland Power REA Ltd. (North Parkland) Rocky REA Ltd. (Rocky) Stony Plain REA Ltd. Tomahawk REA Ltd. (Tomahawk) West Liberty REA Ltd. West Wetaskiwin REA Ltd. (West Wetaskiwin) Wild Rose REA Ltd. (Wild Rose) (collectively, the affected REAs) 10 8 Decision : Appendix 1 Town of Hinton franchise agreement with, pages Exhibit X0012, Appendix A. 10 Exhibit X0013, Application, PDF pages Decision D (July 16, 2018) 3

8 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas 8. FortisAlberta further identified 208 locations with REA-owned distribution facility assets, serving 163 REA members, that would be affected by its application FortisAlberta requested 83 specific orders that, in general, seek to align the franchise areas granted to FortisAlberta with the expanded municipal corporate boundaries and correspondingly alter the Commission-approved service areas of the affected REAs. 12 Each order relates to a specific municipality with which FortisAlberta has an MFA, and the REA whose service territory would be revised. Where necessary, the proposed form of order also provides for the transfer of existing REA assets and customers that fall within the FortisAlberta exclusive franchise area. For example, FortisAlberta s proposed form of order relating to the Village of Alberta Beach reads: FortisAlberta s exclusive franchise area for the provision of electric distribution service to residents of the Village of Alberta Beach is confirmed to correspond to the corporate limits of the municipality as described in Appendix E-01. The exclusive franchise area is subject to vary from time to time in accordance with applicable legislation, subsequently issued Orders-In-Council, Commission orders, or any combination thereof. The rural service area granted to EQUS REA Ltd. pursuant to AUC Approval No. U is revised to align with, and shall in no circumstances extend past, the corporate limits of the Village of Alberta Beach, as established from time to time in accordance with applicable legislation, subsequently issued Orders-In-Council, Commission orders, or any combination thereof. The Commission approves the transfer of all EQUS REA Ltd. facilities, inclusive of associated rights or way, easements, or other licenses for the use of affected land, and customers located in the FortisAlberta service area, as described above to If the Commission grants its application, FortisAlberta asked the Commission to confirm that Section 2.18 of AUC Rule 021: Settlement System Code Rules applies. 14 It also asked the Commission to direct the affected REAs to work with FortisAlberta to submit a joint customer transition plan to the AUC and the Independent System Operator, at least 60 days prior to the effective customer transfer date. 11. FortisAlberta indicated that if the Commission approves its application, the valuation for the assets to be transferred from the affected REAs to FortisAlberta should be based on the replacement cost new less depreciation (RCN-D) valuation method. However, FortisAlberta stated that it was not seeking a determination of the valuation method for any asset transfers as part of its application. Rather, it proposed that the Commission address the costs associated with any resulting purchases at a later date and in one of two ways, depending on whether FortisAlberta is successful in its efforts to determine a purchase price with each affected REA. In the event that the purchase price can be cooperatively determined, FortisAlberta and the affected REA would submit any such amount to the Commission for review and approval. If the purchase price cannot be cooperatively determined, FortisAlberta will bring an application before the 11 Exhibit X0163, Responses to FAI-AUC-2017MAY to 009, May 18, 2017, PDF page 14 [FortisAlberta IR responses to AUC]. 12 Exhibit X0013, Application, PDF page 19, paragraph Exhibit X0013, Application, PDF page Section 2.18 of Rule 021: Settlement System Code Rules addresses requirements when there is a transition of roles in terms of load settlement agent (LSA), meter data manager (MDM) or wire service provider (WSP). 4 Decision D (July 16, 2018)

9 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas Commission for determination and approval of the purchase price of the subject assets pursuant to the HEEA. 2.2 Procedural background Commission process 12. The Commission issued notice of the application on January 24, The Commission also issued a direction to those REAs with existing customers that may be affected by FortisAlberta s application to provide the names and addresses of those customers. This was to provide notice to each of those REA members directly. 16 The Commission issued a second notice of application on February 7, 2017, a copy of which was served on each REA member associated with electric distribution facilities identified by FortisAlberta as being subject to the application. 17 The notice provided an opportunity for any interested party to file a statement of intent to participate in the proceeding. 13. The Commission subsequently received correspondence from each of the Alberta Federation of Rural Electrification Associations (AFREA) and Battle River, identifying additional members that had not received notice but may be affected by FortisAlberta s application. 18 The Commission extended the deadline for registration of statements of intent to participate to permit additional persons potentially affected by the application to be provided notice. 14. Statements of intent to participate were received from or on behalf of several REAs, including Wild Rose, Tomahawk, EQUS, and AFREA. In its statement of intent to participate, AFREA advised that it would be representing Battle River, North Parkland, Rocky and West Wetaskiwin in this proceeding. EQUS and Tomahawk advised that unless otherwise indicated, they would be filing joint submissions. The Commission also received submissions filed by the Town of Bon Accord, Leduc County and Beaver County and from several individuals FortisAlberta, AFREA and EQUS / Tomahawk 20 actively participated in this proceeding. The Commission refers to AFREA and EQUS / Tomahawk collectively as the respondents. 16. The Commission s evidentiary process included two rounds of information requests (IRs) to and responses from FortisAlberta, evidence from the respondents, IRs to and responses from the respondents, rebuttal evidence from FortisAlberta, and an oral hearing from January 25, 2018, to January 26, Following the oral hearing, and after granting FortisAlberta a limited opportunity to ask further IRs on certain oral testimony provided by 15 Exhibit X0019, Notice of application, January 24, Exhibit X0020, AUC direction to disclose customer information, January 24, Exhibit X0023, Letter to REA members and updated notice, February 7, Copies of the correspondence received were attached to the Commission s correspondence of February 27, Exhibit X0031, Attach 2 - Additional Service Area Members Not Originally Indicated letter and Exhibit X0032, Attach 1 - Additional Service Area Members Not Originally Indicated letter. 19 The individuals that filed SIPs were Mr. Rick Walger, Mr. Marvin Wilson, Mr. Klaas Werkema, Ms. Christine Werkema, Mr. Newton Henricks, Ms. Gail Goudreau, and Mr. Ian Stuart. 20 In some instances, EQUS evidence and submissions were on behalf of EQUS alone, in other instances the submission was on behalf of EQUS and Tomahawk. Decision D (July 16, 2018) 5

10 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas AFREA s witness panel, the Commission established a process for filing written argument and reply argument. 17. To provide some guidance to the parties in advance of the oral hearing, the Commission issued a preliminary issues list on January 23, The Commission issued a revised issues list on February 6, 2018, and asked the parties to address those issues in argument along with any others. 21 At the same time, the Commission confirmed that because FortisAlberta was not seeking a determination of the valuation method for any asset transfers as part of its application, the valuation method for any asset transfers was not within the scope of the proceeding. 18. The Commission considers that the record of this proceeding closed on April 5, 2018, with the filing of reply argument by the parties. 19. In reaching the determinations set out in this decision, the Commission has considered all relevant materials comprising the record of this proceeding, including the evidence, argument and reply argument, provided by each party. References in this decision to specific parts of the record are intended to assist the reader in understanding the Commission s reasoning relating to a particular matter and should not be taken as an indication that the Commission did not consider all relevant portions of the record with respect to that matter Motions and other procedural matters 20. The Commission received several motions and procedural requests throughout the course of this proceeding, including: Motions brought by each of AFREA and EQUS for eligibility for cost recovery; 22 A concern and apprehension registered by EQUS; 23 A motion by EQUS during the oral hearing for a combination of written and oral argument and reply argument; 24 and A motion by FortisAlberta during the oral hearing for an opportunity to ask written IRs of AFREA following the hearing With the exception of the EQUS concern and apprehension, specifics of each of the motions received, and the Commission s rulings in response, are fully documented on the record of this proceeding and will not be repeated here. 22. In its letter dated on March 28, 2017, EQUS / Tomahawk registered, a concern and apprehension, with respect to the designated legal representative of FortisAlberta in this proceeding and alleged, off-line discussions and a private course of dealing between FortisAlberta and the Commission. EQUS / Tomahawk indicated that they would be, reviewing 21 Exhibit X0272, Process for argument and issues list, February 6, Exhibit X0057, AFREA Motion, March 28, 2017, Exhibit X0046, Letter of Tomahawk REA and EQUS REA re Preliminary Matters, March 28, 2017, and Exhibit X0048, Letter of Tomahawk REA and EQUS REA re Preliminary Matters, March 28, 2017 [Exhibits X0046 and 48, Preliminary Matters]. 23 Exhibits X0046 and 48, Preliminary Matters. 24 Transcript, Volume 2, page 202, line 7 to page 204, line Transcript, Volume 2, page 246, lines Decision D (July 16, 2018)

11 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas these circumstances carefully in this Proceeding and reserve the right to make further submissions on these matters as they may see fit. 26 No motion or request for any relief associated with these concerns was ever raised. In correspondence dated November 14, 2017, the Commission directed that in the event EQUS / Tomahawk wished to request any relief or pursue the concerns noted, it should file a motion with the Commission by no later than December 1, No motion was received in response to the Commission s correspondence. On that basis, the Commission considers the EQUS concern and apprehension to be withdrawn and that there is no need to address the matter further. 3 Legislative background 23. The municipalities authority, including that relating to the purported grant of exclusivity in the MFAs, is founded in the provisions of the Municipal Government Act (MGA). 28 The Commission s authority relating to the approval of such agreements is founded in the provisions of the Electric Utilities Act (EUA), 29 and its authority relating to service area designations is conferred by the provisions of the HEEA. In this section, the Commission provides an overview of the most relevant statutory provisions and applicable definitions. 3.1 Municipalities authority to govern 24. The purpose of municipalities, their powers, duties and functions, as well as their general jurisdiction and authority to pass bylaws are detailed in sections 3 and 5 through 9 of the MGA. Those sections state: Municipal purposes 3 The purposes of a municipality are (a) to provide good government, (a.1) to foster the well-being of the environment, (b) to provide services, facilities or other things that, in the opinion of council, are necessary or desirable for all or a part of the municipality, (c) to develop and maintain safe and viable communities, an (d) to work collaboratively with neighbouring municipalities to plan, deliver and fund intermunicipal services. Powers, duties and functions 5 A municipality 26 Exhibits X0046 and 48, Preliminary Matters. 27 Exhibit X0239, AUC letter further process, November 14, 2017, PDF page RSA 2000, c M-26 [MGA]. 29 SA 2003, c E-5.1 [EUA]. Decision D (July 16, 2018) 7

12 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas (a) has the powers given to it by this and other enactments, (b) has the duties that are imposed on it by this and other enactments and those that the municipality imposes on itself as a matter of policy, and (c) has the functions that are described in this and other enactments. Natural person powers 6 A municipality has natural person powers, except to the extent that they are limited by this or any other enactment. General jurisdiction to pass bylaws 7 A council may pass bylaws for municipal purposes respecting the following matters: (a) the safety, health and welfare of people and the protection of people and property; (f) services provided by or on behalf of the municipality; (g) public utilities; Powers under bylaws 8 Without restricting section 7, a council may in a bylaw passed under this Division (a) regulate or prohibit; (b) deal with any development, activity, industry, business or thing in different ways, divide each of them into classes and deal with each class in different ways; Guides to interpreting power to pass bylaws 9 The power to pass bylaws under this Division is stated in general terms to (a) give broad authority to councils and to respect their right to govern municipalities in whatever way the councils consider appropriate, within the jurisdiction given to them under this or any other enactment, and (b) enhance the ability of councils to respond to present and future issues in their municipalities. 8 Decision D (July 16, 2018)

13 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas 3.2 Municipalities authority relating to non-municipal utility service 25. Division 3 of the MGA contains a number of provisions dealing with public utilities. Under Division 3, Section 45 of the MGA allows a municipality to, by agreement, grant a right to provide a utility service within the municipality: 45 (1) A council may, by agreement, grant a right, exclusive or otherwise, to a person to provide a utility service in all or part of the municipality, for not more than 20 years. (2) The agreement may grant a right, exclusive or otherwise, to use the municipality s property, including property under the direction, control and management of the municipality, for the construction, operation and extension of a public utility in the municipality for not more than 20 years. (3) Before the agreement is made, amended or renewed, the agreement, amendment or renewal must (a) be advertised, and (b) be approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission. (4) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply to an agreement to provide a utility service between a council and a regional services commission. (5) Subsection (3) does not apply to an agreement to provide a utility service between a council and a subsidiary of the municipality within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Electric Utilities Act. 26. Where a utility service is provided under Section 45 of the MGA, Section 46 authorizes a municipality to prohibit other persons from providing the same or a similar utility service: 46 When a person provides a utility service in a municipality under an agreement referred to in section 45, the council may by bylaw prohibit any other person from providing the same or a similar utility service in all or part of the municipality. 27. Section 1(1) of the MGA defines public utility as follows: 1(1)(y) public utility means a system or works used to provide one or more of the following for public consumption, benefit, convenience or use: (vii) electric power; and includes the thing that is provided for public consumption, benefit, convenience or use; Decision D (July 16, 2018) 9

14 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas 28. The definition of public utility in Section 1(1) of the MGA applies throughout the MGA. Division 3, Section 28 defines the following terms for the purposes of that division only: 28 In this Division, (b) municipal public utility means the system or works of a public utility operated by or on behalf of a municipality or a subsidiary of a municipality within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Electric Utilities Act other than under an agreement referred to in section 45; (c) municipal utility service means a utility service provided by a municipal public utility; (d) non-municipal public utility means the system or works of a public utility operated by or on behalf of a person under an agreement referred to in section 45; (f) utility service means the thing that is provided by the system or works of a public utility. 3.3 Commission s authority relating to municipal grants of rights to distribute electricity 29. As noted, Section 45 of the MGA allows a council to grant a right to a person to provide a utility service in the municipality for up to 20 years. Under Section 45(3), before such an agreement is made, amended or renewed, it must be approved by the Commission. 30. Section 139 of the EUA likewise provides that the right to distribute electricity granted by a municipality has no effect unless approved by the Commission, except where made to a municipal subsidiary: 139 (1) A right to distribute electricity granted by a municipality (a) to an owner of an electric distribution system has no effect unless the grant is approved by the Commission; (b) to a subsidiary of the municipality does not require Commission approval. 31. Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 139 of the EUA respectively, detail the grounds on which the Commission may approve the grant as well as its authority to impose conditions on any approval granted: 139 (2) The Commission may approve the grant of a right to distribute electricity when, after hearing the interested parties or with the consent of the interested parties, the Commission determines that the grant is necessary and proper for the public convenience and to properly serve the public interest. (3) The Commission may, in giving its approval, impose any conditions as to construction, equipment, maintenance, service or operation that the public convenience and the public interest reasonably require. 10 Decision D (July 16, 2018)

15 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas 32. Section 140 of the EUA places specific limits on the Commission s approval of grants under Section 139, namely: 140 The Commission shall not approve a grant under section 139 unless (a) it is a term of the grant that the grant does not prevent the Crown from exercising that right, (b) the person seeking the grant has satisfied the Commission that the proposed scheme for the distribution of electricity is reasonable and sufficient, having regard to the general circumstances, and (c) the Commission is satisfied that the grant is to the general benefit of the area directly or indirectly affected by it. 3.4 Service area boundaries 33. Section 101 of the EUA grants an exclusive right to the owner of an electric distribution system 30 in whose service area a property is located to serve persons wishing to obtain electricity for use on their property. 101(1) A person wishing to obtain electricity for use on property must make arrangements for the purchase of electric distribution service from the owner of the electric distribution system in whose service area the property is located. (3) No person other than the owner of an electric distribution system may provide electric distribution service on the electric distribution system of that owner. 34. Under Section 29(1) of the HEEA, the Commission has authority to alter the boundaries of an electric distribution system service area, as follows: 29(1) The Commission, on the application of an interested person or on its own motion, (a) when in its opinion it is in the public interest to do so, and (b) on any notice and proceedings that the Commission considers suitable, may alter the boundaries of the service area of an electric distribution system, or may order that the electric distribution system shall cease to operate in a service area or part of it at a time fixed in the order. 35. Subsections 2 and 3 of Section 29 of the HEEA impose constraints on the Commission s authority to alter service area boundaries where the owner of the electric distribution system is a local authority. 31 The Commission cannot reduce the service area of a local authority without its 30 EUA, s 1(1)(m): electric distribution system means the plant, works, equipment, systems and services necessary to distribute electricity in a service area, but does not include a generating unit or a transmission facility. 31 HEEA, s 1(1)(h) local authority means (i) the corporation of a city, town, village, municipal district or Metis settlement, (ii) in the case of an improvement district, the Minister responsible for the Municipal Government Act, or (iii) in the case of a special area, the Minister responsible for the Special Areas Act. Decision D (July 16, 2018) 11

16 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas consent, and it must grant an application to enlarge the service area unless it finds compelling reasons in the public interest not to do so: (2) When a local authority owns and operates an electric distribution system within its municipality, the Commission shall not reduce its service area without its consent. (3) When a local authority that owns and operates an electric distribution system applies for an enlargement of its service area to include additional land in its municipality, the Commission shall (a) in respect of land not included in the service area of another electric distribution system, grant the application, or (b) in respect of land included in the service area of another electric distribution system, grant the application unless after a public hearing the Commission finds compelling reasons in the public interest not to do so, in which case the Commission with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council may deny the application in whole or in part, and when the Commission grants an application to which clause (b) applies, it shall stipulate any terms and conditions it considers reasonable including a stipulation of the date on which the alteration of the service areas comes into force 36. Section 26 of the HEEA authorizes the Commission to approve the operation of an electric distribution system in the service area of another electric distribution system in certain circumstances, as follows: 26 Notwithstanding section 25, the Commission may approve the construction or operation of an electric distribution system in the service area of another electric distribution system if the Commission is satisfied that it is for the purpose of providing service to a consumer in that service area who is not being provided service by the distribution system approved to distribute electric energy in that service area. 37. Section 32 of the HEEA sets out the Commission s authority to, among other things, order the transfer of facilities associated with an REA s electric distribution system where that REA has its service area reduced by an order under Section 29: 32(1) If a rural electrification association 12 Decision D (July 16, 2018) (a) under an order made under section 29, or (i) has the size of its service area reduced, or (ii) ceases to operate in a service area or part of it, (b) on being authorized under section 30 to do so, discontinues the operation of its electric distribution system, the Commission may, when in the Commission s opinion it is in the public interest to do so and on any notice and proceedings that the Commission considers suitable, by

17 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas order transfer to another person the service area or part of it served by the rural electrification association. (2) When the Commission makes an order under subsection (1), it may (a) for the purpose of ensuring the continued distribution of electric energy in the service area or part of it that was served by the rural electrification association, provide for (i) the transfer of any facilities associated with the electric distribution system from the rural electrification association to another party, and (ii) the operation of the electric distribution system or part of it by any party that the Commission directs, (3) In this section, rural electrification association means an association as defined in the Rural Utilities Act and that has as its principal object the supplying of electric energy in a rural area to the members of that association. 4 Summary of the parties positions 38. In the sections that follow, the Commission summarizes each party s position on the application. 4.1 Views of FortisAlberta 39. FortisAlberta s primary argument relied on the powers conferred on municipalities under Section 45 of the MGA as well as the terms of the MFAs granted to it under that section. It argued that Section 45 of the MGA authorizes municipalities to enter into MFAs with non-municipal public utilities in order to grant an exclusive right for the provision of electric distribution services and the maintenance of the electric distribution system within the municipal corporate boundaries. 32 FortisAlberta pointed to Clause 4 Grant of franchise and Clause 12 Increase in municipal boundaries in the MFA template approved in Decision , and asserted that this clause confirms its exclusive right to serve within a municipal service area and operates to exclude other providers from such areas, including the REAs serving their members In response to EQUS IRs, FortisAlberta stated that an REA is not a public utility as an REA can provide service only to its members. 34 However, when responding to the Commission s revised issues list in its argument, FortisAlberta submitted that a broad interpretation of utility service and public utility under the MGA is necessary to meet the public policy goals of such legislation. 35 It argued that for the purpose of this proceeding, there is no real or meaningful distinction between REA service to a member and an REA serving a member of the 32 Exhibit X0169, Responses to FAI-EQUSTREA-2017MAY to 012, May 18, 2017, AI-EQUSTREA-2017MAY01-002, PDF page 5 [FortisAlberta IR Responses to EQUS]. 33 Exhibit X0169, FortisAlberta IR Responses to EQUS, PDF page 6; Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument and Cover Letter, March 16, 2018, PDF page 6 [FortisAlberta Argument]. 34 Exhibit X0169, FortisAlberta IR Responses to EQUS, PDF page Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 19, paragraphs Decision D (July 16, 2018) 13

18 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas public. 36 FortisAlberta distinguished the concept of public utility used under the MGA from the Commission s usual reference to a public utility with a statutory obligation to serve, noting that public utilities under the MGA include services such as public transportation and irrigation. 37 It also referenced the recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision in Kozak v Lacombe (County), 2017 ABCA 351 (Kozak) 38 to support a broad interpretation of public utility, as follows: The Court of Appeal s decision therefore makes it clear that the meaning of utility service under the MGA is related to the definition of public utility, and dependent on the concept of a service being for public consumption, benefit, convenience or use, which may be similar in type to the service being provided FortisAlberta submitted that EQUS interpretation of the terms public utility and utility service were unduly narrow and inconsistent with Kozak as well as with a previous decision of the Commission s predecessor, in which the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board declared a proposed wastewater pipeline a public utility under the Public Utilities Act. 40 FortisAlberta emphasized the use of strictly private in that decision, and submitted that the REAs cannot be said to be strictly private FortisAlberta noted that EQUS meets the requirements of a public utility identified in the Kozak decision, as it provides service through a physical configuration of utility lines, and it provides service to members of the public. FortisAlberta submitted that Kozak made it clear that the MGA authorizes municipalities to enact bylaws addressing municipal governance matters, and this authority includes the power to enact a bylaw confirming franchise agreements which are intended to exclude REAs. 43. In response to a Commission IR, 42 FortisAlberta submitted that the validity of an MFA is not dependent on whether the municipality has passed a bylaw under Section 46 of the MGA: Section 45 of the MGA confirms that municipalities have the legal capacity to enter into MFAs and does not link this capacity to the passing of a specific bylaw. In contrast, Section 46 of the MGA simply provides a municipality with the ability to pass a bylaw excluding third-party utility service providers from its jurisdiction in the event that the municipality decides that this kind of enforcement action is required. 36 Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 24, paragraph Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 19, paragraph Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 20, citing Kozak v Lacombe (County), 2017 ABCA 351 [Kozak]. 39 Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 19, paragraph Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 22, paragraph 50, citing Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB), [2007] AWLD 2368 dated March 16, In this decision, the EUB held that the definition [of a public utility] was not limited to providing services to the general public, or on a monopoly basis. The EUB stated that all that is required is for the service to be provided directly or indirectly to the public, which is intended to distinguish these services from strictly private ones. 41 Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 23, paragraph Exhibit X0163, FortisAlberta IR responses to AUC, PDF pages Decision D (July 16, 2018)

19 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas 44. Therefore, FortisAlberta concluded that Section 45 of the MGA should be interpreted to exclude REAs from operating within municipal corporate boundaries where an MFA granting exclusivity rights has been executed with FortisAlberta FortisAlberta submitted that should the Commission decide that Section 45 of the MGA does not exclude the affected REAs from providing service within municipal boundaries, the Commission may still grant the relief requested based on the broad powers conferred on municipalities under sections 3, 7, 8 and 9 of the MGA, and on the Alberta Court of Appeal s findings in Kozak FortisAlberta argued that the Commission approved the MFAs under Section 139 of the EUA on the basis that the right granted to FortisAlberta by each of the municipalities to construct, operate and maintain the electric distribution system is necessary and proper for the public convenience. 45 FortisAlberta submitted that, it would be antithetical for the Commission to now find that the identical agreement does not meet the public interest test to expand service territory under Section 29 of the HEEA, 46 as such a decision would prevent the previously approved exclusive franchise agreements from taking effect. Such an interpretation would also be contrary to the statutory interpretation principle of coherence, which recognizes that statutes are intended to work together FortisAlberta argued that when the new language for the MFAs was proposed in Proceeding 1946, 48 a franchise application for the Town of Hinton, AFREA did not pursue any language clarifications, although it took part in developing the template prior to the application being filed. 49 Further, FortisAlberta stated that it engaged in a broad and extensive consultation process with a number of parties, including the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and AFREA in advance of filing the application for the MFA template. FortisAlberta also pointed out that AFREA was involved and monitored Proceeding 1946, which led to Decision , and notice of the application was issued according to Commission s standard practices In FortisAlberta s view, it is in the public interest to harmonize its exclusive electric distribution service area with the annexed municipal boundaries. 52 FortisAlberta noted that the Commission has the express jurisdiction to amend service areas and related service area approvals pursuant to Section 29 of the HEEA, and submitted that alterations to the boundaries of the REAs service areas are necessary and in the public interest as it would promote 43 Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 24, paragraph Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page Exhibit X0013, Application, PDF page Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 27, paragraph Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 27, paragraph 66, citing Ruth Sullivan, Sullivan on the Construction of Statutes, 5th ed (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008) at pages Decision : Town of Hinton, New Franchise Agreement Template and Franchise Agreement with, Application No , Proceeding ID No. 1946, September 28, Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page Exhibit X0283, FortisAlberta Reply to Argument for Proceeding 22164, April 5, 2018, paragraph 6 [FortisAlberta Reply Argument], citing Exhibit X0195, AFREA Evidence Revisions BLACKLINE, July 4, 2017, Q&A 25 and 26, PDF page Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 12. Exhibit AUC-1946, Notice of Application, June 19, 2012; and Exhibit AUC-1946, AUC Letter - Issuance of notice of application - June 25, Exhibit X0013, Application, PDF page 13. Decision D (July 16, 2018) 15

20 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas harmonization. FortisAlberta submitted that the requested relief is consistent with, and similar in scope to that granted in previous Commission decisions, namely: Decision : The City of Red Deer Electric Distribution System Service Area Enlargement 53 and Decision : ENMAX Power Corporation Service Area Expansion. 54 FortisAlberta noted that in those decisions, the Commission found that the municipality or the municipal utility had the sole legal right to provide distribution service within the corporate boundaries of Red Deer and Calgary, respectively. 55 FortisAlberta relied on the following finding from the Commission s decision in Decision : The Commission finds that a consideration of the public interest strongly favours giving effect to the relevant legislation and the legislative scheme that suggests municipal service territories correspond to the boundaries of the municipalities. Specifically, it would be contrary to the public interest to deny [RD/EPC] any rights that were granted under section 45 of the MGA FortisAlberta also indicated that the requested relief is consistent with past practices for transferring REA services in overlapping service areas where municipal annexations have occurred Further, FortisAlberta stated that the affected REAs would be fairly compensated for transferred facilities and that the Rural Utilities Act contains provisions for members change in service status and withdrawal from membership in the REAs In response to AFREA s argument on contract law and the application of provisions, or implied provisions, in the Wire Owner Agreements (WOAs), FortisAlberta submitted that there is no implied term in the WOA that addresses transfer of sites when the site is annexed. FortisAlberta stated that AFREA had failed to satisfy what is a strict legal test to establish an implied term: An implied term is governed by the doctrine of necessity; reasonableness and fairness are not sufficient to overcome the presumption. That a term is consistent with the WOA as a whole is not a reason to imply a term into a contract that has been carefully negotiated, drafted, and signed by sophisticated commercial parties. 59 [footnote removed] 52. FortisAlberta also noted that in the Rural Utilities Act or the Rural Utilities Regulation, there is no definition of rural or rural areas, and even if a change in land description should occur before the transfer, the MGA and the HEEA do not provide timing constraints for when the transfer could occur. 53 Decision : The City of Red Deer Electric Distribution System Service Area Enlargement, Application No , Proceeding ID. 55, May 15, 2009 [Decision ]. 54 Decision : ENMAX Power Corporation Service Area Expansion, Application No , Proceeding ID. 56, May 15, 2009 [Decision ]. 55 Exhibit X0013, Application, PDF page Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF page 38, paragraph 106 citing Decision at paragraph Exhibit X0163, FortisAlberta IR responses to AUC, PDF pages Exhibit X0275, FortisAlberta Argument, PDF pages Exhibit X0283, FortisAlberta Reply Argument, PDF page Decision D (July 16, 2018)

21 Exclusive Municipal Franchise Areas 4.2 Views of EQUS 53. EQUS submitted that the Commission should deny FortisAlberta s application based on the answer to what it characterized as a threshold question. That question is whether the provisions of the MGA and the MFAs granted to FortisAlberta form a proper basis in law for the requested relief and orders. In EQUS submission they do not. 60 EQUS argued that the exclusive franchise rights granted to FortisAlberta under the MGA are only in respect of a utility service as contemplated under that act. The distribution service that REAs provide to members located within a municipality is not a utility service as it is not for public consumption, use and benefit. Therefore, in EQUS submission, neither the MGA nor that MFAs granted under it operate to preclude an REA from concurrently providing electrical distribution service to its members within the municipal corporate boundaries. 61 According to EQUS, this conclusion is consistent with the statutory framework in Alberta that recognizes the right of a customer to self-supply electricity by way of membership in an REA and with the principle of consistency and coherence in statutory interpretation. 54. EQUS expanded on the above arguments in its response to the Commission s revised issues list. EQUS noted that the definition of utility service requires, in turn, a consideration of the definition of public utility in the MGA, and that two requirements must be met in order for something to fall within the definition of public utility. 62 Those requirements are firstly that there must be a physical system or works used to provide the service; and secondly the service must be provided for public consumption, benefit, convenience or use. 63 EQUS submitted that REAs only provide service to their members; and, as held by the Commission in Decision , 64 are a form of self-supply. 65 On that basis, EQUS argued that REAs do not serve the public as they are not providing a service for public consumption, benefit, convenience or use. They therefore do not fall within the definition of public utility or utility service in the MGA EQUS further submitted that to equate community infrastructure such as a municipal sewage system, as discussed in Kozak, with the provincial statutory framework for the self-supply of electricity through REA membership is incorrect. EQUS argued that the court s comments in Kozak on legislative objectives and policy have no application to this proceeding. None of the Public Utilities Act, the HEEA, or the EUA contemplate provision of sewage services as a matter connected with the Commission s regulation of a public or electric utility. 67 EQUS reiterated that the relevant policy objectives in this proceeding are those underpinning the statutory framework for self-supply of electricity. 60 Exhibit X0276, ID EQUS Final Argument, March 16, 2018, PDF page 5, paragraphs 11 (i) to (iii) [EQUS Argument]. 61 Exhibit X0276, EQUS Argument, PDF page 10, paragraph Exhibit X0276, EQUS Argument, PDF page 15, paragraph Exhibit X0192, EQUS Evidence Proceeding ID 22164, June 26, 2017, PDF page 13, Q&A 20 [EQUS Evidence]. 64 Decision : Central Alberta Rural Electrification Association Limited Application for a Declaration under the Hydro and Electric Energy Act, Application No , Proceeding ID No. 886, July 4, 2012, [Decision ]. 65 Exhibit X0192, EQUS Evidence, PDF page 11, Q&A Exhibit X0192, EQUS Evidence, PDF pages 4 and Exhibit X0282, ID EQUS Reply Argument, April 5, 2018, PDF page 17, paragraphs [EQUS Reply Argument]. Decision D (July 16, 2018) 17

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